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Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

i know graphic-er never had any doubts about Gordon. What about the rest of you? Still think we got over on Utah by drafting Paul George?

Duh! I really think opinions don't matter a bit at this stage. Time, and many games will tell, not pointing out how good someone was in one game, or even this season.

They are both young and as Pacers fans it doesn't matter because we didn't have a chance to draft Gordon. It will matter to some Utah fans if George blows up and Gordon doesn't, because Utah had the choice.

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Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

Hayward will be a good, solid NBA player for years. He will probably start for Utah next year. It isnt very smart to doubt him because he has talent.
George has the potential to be an all=star and might have a higher ceiling, but he also has a higher chance of failure. Hayward was the safer pick.

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

Duh! I really think opinions don't matter a bit at this stage. Time, and many games will tell, not pointing out how good someone was in one game, or even this season.

They are both young and as Pacers fans it doesn't matter because we didn't have a chance to draft Gordon. It will matter to some Utah fans if George blows up and Gordon doesn't, because Utah had the choice.

true. it doesn't really matter because we had no chance to get him. i just feel somewhat vindicated this morning because Gordon is emerging as a player. scoring 22 against the defending champs as a rookie is impressive. ludicrous that posters like Vnzla thought he was a bust.

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

I love how your argument is that one game shows he is a better player.

i'm not trying to argue that he is better than Paul George, but i was shredded for suggesting that they are about equal. i mean, people thought i was crazy for even suggesting that they are close. by the way, has Paul hit for 22 this season?

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

i'm not trying to argue that he is better than Paul George, but i was shredded for suggesting that they are about equal. i mean, people thought i was crazy for even suggesting that they are close. by the way, has Paul hit for 22 this season?

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

i'm not trying to argue that he is better than Paul George, but i was shredded for suggesting that they are about equal. i mean, people thought i was crazy for even suggesting that they are close. by the way, has Paul hit for 22 this season?

Nope, but when he had the green light he was scoring 12 to 15 a game at 50% from the field.

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

I would love to have Hayward on the Pacers along with George. Hayward is a good defender. He was on Kobe last night and did a good job. George seems to be determined to be the best he can be so lets hope he can reach his potential.

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Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

Yeah the guy was impressive last night, he looked good as the point forward and Utah was playing a weird line up with Millsap at the 3 Favors at the 4 and Al at the 5. Like somebody else already said, is just one game and even Adam Morrison had his nights, I wouldn't trade PG for him unless Utah is willing to pay top value, Hayward has the potential to be a bust or Mike Dunleavy(he plays the same way) when PG's ceiling at least I think is way higher.

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

debate settled.

Honestly Hayward has proven to be a very good pick at 9th. Sure he has his moments where he looks really bad just like all rookies. Right now I think he is head and shoulders above George. He defended Kobe really well to close out the game last night. Kobe lost the ball there at the end, but Gordon got in good position to pressure the ball, force an off balanced attempt for Kobe, that's about all you can do. That's a player using his length right there.

As for George I can only hope he gets it together, has clearly hit the rookie wall, cause he looks terrible on Defense, slow to react, looks terrible trying to get his own shot on offense, and seemingly is only interested in bombing wide open 3pters instead of pump faking it to get open for an easy mid range shot. He also takes the most unorthodox layup attempts when he gets in the paint to try and finish.

As for Indiana not having the opportunity to draft Hayward, they could of pulled off a trade to move up a couple of spots to get him if they really wanted him. I think those picks were up for trade if someone was willing to bite. I kept thinking that we could have swapped picks with LAC.

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

But even if they did 1 game per season is a lot different from 41 home games.

Well the game was a sell out. One of the few we had this year.

i know that wouldn't' translate to 41 sellouts a year if he was here. But I think one of the biggest reasons to draft him outside of his obvious talent is the fact that he alone would have helped this team make huge strides in being relevant again in the local market.

I really don't understand it, for a team that says they are bleeding money, haven't made the playoffs in several years. How could they afford not to go after Hayward. Its not like his talent level isn't deserving of 9th pick in the draft. People have said that it is better that he develops on another team. I say how you can afford to let him develop anywhere but Indiana. If the kid is good enough his game is going to shine thru regardless of where is starts his career.

I'll never forgive Bird for this one. This is Indiana, we are a college basketball state. So when an Indiana player is with in your reach you gotta go get him.

Re: Still doubting Gordon Hayward?

But even if they did 1 game per season is a lot different from 41 home games.

It is true that only buying a ticket to 1 game is a lot easier than a full season, but I'd imagine that some of the people who bought a ticket to see him would consider it.

The posted attendance of that game was 16,205. The average attendance on the season has been 13,458.

From being there, I'd say it was in the top 5 biggest crowds of the season. Unlike the average, which is probably actually much lower, I'd say that single game was pretty close to the actual number of seats filled. Keep in mind, that was a Jazz team that had just traded its best player, so it wasn't like that would be a hot ticket normally.

Many, many of those people who showed up that night were there to see Hayward. Did you go to that game by any chance?